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2. Lessons of Literary Characters (10)2.1 To Be or Not To Be: A Brief Survey of the Terms and Theories (13)2.2 Every Me and Every You: Classifications of Characters (21)2.2.1 Forster: Flatness and Roundness (21)2.2.2 Harvey: Roles and Functions (25)2.2.3 Hochman and Fokkema: Traits and Codes (29)2.2.4 Müller: Relatives and Revenants (37)2.3 Snips, Snails and Puppy-dogs’ Tails: Basic Elements of the Character (49)2.3.1 Facades: Appearances and Names (50)2.3.2 Minds: Perception and Consciousness (58)2.3.3 Additives: Coherence and Relations (62)

3. Mysteries of Comic Book Characters (69)3.1 Serial Affairs: A Publicational Point of View (69)3.2 Picking up the Pictures: Comics’ Semiotics (79)3.2.1 Show and Tell: Word–Image Dynamics (80)3.2.2 Show and “Show”: Abstraction Levels (88)3.3 Beyond Pictures: Meaningful Absences (102)3.3.1 Hole in the Heart: Gutters and Other Gaps (104)3.3.2 The Great Masquerade: Figurative and Intertextual Tricks (115)